The SlaughterHouse collective busts a lot of people in the head when they formed Voltron.
Sometimes the most obvious shit be the shit that we never see because its right in front of our faces.
Hip-Hop has always excelled in the arena of posse tracks, but those projects were always one-offs or remixes. It wasn’t until the Wu-tang formed that we had the opportunity to experience Hip-Hop like it was during the era of the Cold Crush Brothers, the Funk Four Plus+ 1 More, and the Furious 5. These groups showed us the heights of rap using techniques like harmonizing, slick wordplay, audience interaction and basic unity. That was before rap music was making any good money for the tall Israelis.
The second the t.I.’s started making big paper from rap they looked for individual stars to place on posters an the supergroups were all fractured from outside and from within. The money that came into rap had folks scrambling just to get a check. You have to be careful what some folks will do to get a check. They are liable to steal your rhymebook the first chance they get. Instead of unity and rocking crowds in unison the industrial music complex made rappers into war machines and set everyone off to battling. It took us a long time, and in reality, the collapse of the industrial music complex in order to have the chance to see rappers come back together again like SlaughterHouse has done.
SlaughterHouse = The Fantastic 4
For the reason that they are bringing the idea back into the rap game that people from different cities and regions can posse up and be focused on the same goal. The Fantastic 4 is Marvel Comics legacy title. The FF may not be the strongest group in the comics universe but they have been able to thwart Galactus, the Skrulls and Annhilus because they work as team. This has been the SlaughterHouse’s crowning achievement to this point. If they really do release their group album this summer 2009 could be the year of Hip-Hop’s rebirth (no Lil’ Wang).
So now I asked myself what other rap supergroups could I relate to some of my favorite comic titles. All respect to Dart Adams from Poisonous Paragraphs who is the master at this shit here, but I’m partial to books drawn by John Byrne. I thought about Random Axe which is the supergroup composed of Sean Price, Guilty Simpson and Black Milk. I’m going to relate this group to the Avengers because that was the one superhero collective that had the most hardbody brothers.
The Black Panther was down with them as well as the Falcon and even War Machine spent some time in Avengers mansion. Dart, correct me if I’m wrong but did Luke Cage get some burn with the Avengers at some point? Sean P is definitely on some Power Man shit. Fam should do a photoshoot dressed up in the Power Man suit. [ll] to wearing man-dex.
It was rough on a young fanboy coming up back in the day. There weren’t really any Black superheroes that I could relate to. Black superheroes hardly ever had anything sexy about their steez. Plus they were all called ‘Black’ as if anyone would confuse Black Lightning with another dude named Lightning. WTF?!? Dudes like Green Arrow and Green Lantern used the green in their powers and their costuming. Black Lightning was just a brother from the ‘hood that made Wonder Woman go hide her purse after he walked into the Hall of Justice.
After listening to that track ‘4 Minutes 2 Lockdown‘ on the Blackout 2 album I decided to call Redman, Method Man, Raekwon and GhostFace the Alpha Flight.
Some of you fanboy nerdcore purists (read: Dart Adams) will tell me no effin’ way to this connection because Alpha Flight was a team formed out of Canadian superheroes, but I have to ask you all if there are four rappers from Canada as lethal as Red, Meth, Rae and Ghost? Yeah, I didn’t think so either. Kardinal Offishall, Tabi Bonney, and Saukrates don’t add up to the superpowers that are required to be Alpha Flight. Not even if I added former Mount Royaler Carl ‘Jackpot’ Chery to their ranks.
One of the offbeat comic book superhero teams was the Doom Patrol which was like the DC Comics version of the Fantastic 4. I see the cRap music version of Doom Patrol being offbeat too because they are fronted by the man in the mask called DOOM.
DOOM would posse up with Madlib, MC Serch and Kurious. Plus the ghost of J Dilla would be on the MPC-3000. And unlike the DC Comics title these dudes wouldn’t get canceled. Their fan base is strong enough to keep them on the road all year long.
How many cRap dudes have the letter ‘X’ in their stage name? Those are the cats that will become the X-Men. DMX, Xibit, Sadat-X, Brother J and Lin Que (from X-Clan).
There is enough pro-Black shit going on in their rhymes along with the classic 7:30 tendencies of Wolverine that Dark Man X brings. I like this group a lot.
On the heels of the X-Men I give you the Next Men. The Next Men comic series was created by my favorite comic book artist John Byrne. The Next Men were genetically enhanced humans that would ultimately lead up to the final fate of humanity. The Next Men in cRap music have that burden on their shoulders as well. Will cRap music as we have come to know it be changed for the better or ruined forever?
The Next Men will be artists like Drake, Kid Cudi, Wale and the girl that smacked the shit out of Charles Hamilton. She is definitely a superheroine. She did what no other rapper has been able to accomplish up to this point and that was to make the pink panther Charles Hamilton shut the fuck up.
Briana Latrise is the real superhero in this cRap shit.
We’ll see how “fantastic” they are when the album drops…
You need to throw up some requests over at Destroy All Mics (http://www.destroyallmics.com/).
a right cross in a punk ass’s mouth. worth the instant replay fo sho’ She won by a first round solid to his jaw. Worthy, she gave the best reply possible. Props to her, big time. Ernie
a few points:
choclair would help the other three become rightful heirs to Alpha Flight
red, meth, rae and ghost would be The Defenders
luke cage was running the avengers recently after the death of steve rogers
and how can jesus price, black milk, and guilty simpson be the avengers without any females worth their weight in throwdowns and hoedowns? better put briana in that line up
y she duff him if she gave up the dugout? she mad cuz he can rap?
John,
Just so you know I am on my fanboy grind incessantly, I wanted Black Thought, Dice Raw, Truck North and Malik B to be the Defenders mainly because that was a slept on title and the those four are some of the most slept on emcees. I just didn’t have the time during lunch yesterday at the day job to find a Defenders cover I liked and write the drop and resize the .jpegs and… You didn’t need to know all of that.
Briana can def be part of the Avengers too. She checked Charles’ chin on some Captain Marvel shit.
Why not add Drake to the Canadian supergroup? He can do “crossover” work with the Next Men (new jacks).
On a side note (since you mentioned him): I went to elementary school with Brother J (from X-Clan) in Brooklyn. He was one grade above me, and one day he came to the class and told the teacher that he wanted to rap and spit a few random bars. We all laughed….Years later we see him as “Brother J.” I guess the last laugh was on him..
Another side note: I went to high school with Webster (Emmanuel Lewis). Real talk: he had to walk through the high school with security because he was so short. I tripped over him one day while trying to get my mack on with a young breezy(I wasn’t paying attention.).
I thought Tabi Bonney was from D.C.
For some reason I thought Tabi Bonney was from Montreal. Maybe I should Google him since I am on the internets. Uhhh, I don’t care enough to Google son.
Slaughterhouse is the shit im very happy about dallas that he shows love to them not because joell is in that group because hiphop needs that kind of lyrisim.
but in my personal opion that shouldn´t rush this thing with an album, the ep idea was great because that´s a very good look to them to introduce them to the masses and the ep is a training day for them they can learn for that and do the album better.don´t get me wrong im very hapy about that upcoming album,but i hope that will be a REAL HIP-HOP CLASSIC NOT ONLY A FAN CLASSIC.
peace dallas you fuckin arabcocksucker hehehe
Dallas…please don’t google Tabi Bonney.
dallas, it’s understandable.
since you posted the subject, and i’ll assume dart creates a series out of it, who would be the rap equivalent of these groups:
west coast avengers
wildc.a.t.s.
shadowpact
midnight sons
tribe
the crew
the champions
the authority
and my fave,
the new warriors?
Thank you for posting that video. Shit made my Memorial Day weekend.
Briana is King of the Raps!…thats the most hardbody video ever!
this woman spit some blackberry bars…how futuristic is that? and this nigra tried to clown her when she warned his dumb ass that she could see right through him? that’ll get you stole right quick,B.
In the immortal words of Kimbo Price, “…my headphones is pink? I am not Charles Hamilton”
LMFAO! Tabi Bonney is from D.C. but I get the point. The funny shit is I thought about doing one of these and stopped because of many of the reasons you mentioned earlier. Luke Cage was down with the Avengers but he felt like they had him on standby status so he eventually bounced and the resurrected Iron Fist and he started up Heroes For Hire with 70’s homie Shang Chi.
I might do a spinoff of this jawn today. Nice one, Dallas.
One.
heh!
Brooklyn girls have been punching weak negroes in the mouf since the days of Ebbets Field. Big ups to Brianna.
50 Cent = Batman
J Dilla = Superman
Jay-z = Lex Luthor
Nas = Gray Hulk
Alfamega = Green Hulk
Trick Trick = Juggernaut
Dr. Dre = Professor X
Joe Budden = Bullseye
Freddie Foxxx = Beast
Trick Trick = Juggernaut
Immortal Technique = Punisher
Eminem = The Joker
DMX = Wolverine
Lil Wayne = Bizarro
The Game = Silver Surfer
BROOKLYN WINS AGAIN!
Wish I was up on that particular issue of FF back in my collecting days. I’d have gripped it with the quickness.
And Terry Austin is one of my favorite inkers of all time.
*off topic*
Anyone know why Pitbull is pulling dudes onstage? I was absent that day in class…